נשוי

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־שׂ־א (n-s-ʾ)
20 terms

Past participle of נָשָׂא (nasá, “to lift, carry, take”), which in the sense of "married" is semantically akin to taken in informal English. The masculine singular form is irregular and deviates from the expected נָשׂוּא**.

Pronunciation

Adjective

נָשׂוּי • (nasúi) (feminine נְשׂוּאָה, masculine plural נְשׂוּאִים, feminine plural נְשׂוּאוֹת) [pattern: קָטוּל]

  1. married

References

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